diff --git a/lib/damask/asciitable.py b/lib/damask/asciitable.py
index 4710686b2..947a5a2e0 100644
--- a/lib/damask/asciitable.py
+++ b/lib/damask/asciitable.py
@@ -513,14 +513,15 @@ class ASCIItable():
       columns = []
       for i,(c,d) in enumerate(zip(indices[present],dimensions[present])):                          # for all valid labels ...
         # ... transparently add all components unless column referenced by number or with explicit dimension
-        columns += list(range(c,c + \
-                          (d if str(c) != str(labels[present[i]]) else \
+        columns += list(range(c,c + 
+                          (d if str(c) != str(labels[present[i]]) else 
                            1)))
       use = np.array(columns) if len(columns) > 0 else None
 
       self.tags = list(np.array(self.tags)[use])                                                    # update labels with valid subset
 
     self.data = np.loadtxt(self.__IO__['in'],usecols=use,ndmin=2)
+#    self.data = np.genfromtxt(self.__IO__['in'],dtype=None,names=self.tags,usecols=use)
 
     return labels_missing